Please note that one of the ROG Strix motherboards, both TUF Gaming boards, and three of the six Prime boards are DDR4 only. For example the solitary Mini ITX board launched has just 1x PCIe 5.0 x16 slot, just two DDR5 DIMM slots, and 2x M.2 slots. Of course, various size/series motherboards will have more or less of these features depending on form factor and budget. New and headlining features that you will see on these new motherboards include PCIe 5.0 x16 slots, DDR5 slots, large VRM heatsinks, plus M.2 heatsinks, ultra-fast networking tech such as WIfi6e and 10Gb/2.5Gb Ethernet, USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 front panel connectors with Quick Charge 4+, and Thunderbolt 4 USB Type-C for up to 40Gbps of bidirectional bandwidth and extra display options. You can find a full product matrix PDF featuring all 19 Asus Z690 motherboards, listing and comparing their tech specs here. The single ProArt and two TUF Gaming models are ATX sized, and the six Prime models consist of five ATX plus one Micro-ATX model. The ROG boards, five Maximus models, are all EATX and ATX form factor, but the ROG Strix quintet that have been revealed span ATX, Micro-ATX, and Mini-ITX form factors. As Z690 is a high-end and enthusiast chipset, it is appropriately more strongly represented by the ROG and ROG Strix families. Where to start? Well, Asus has one of the best write-ups of its new offerings, so I will look through its Z690 range today, with links to Z690 promo materials from the other players to be found at the end of the article.Īsus has no less than 19 new Intel Z690 motherboards for your consideration, falling into the now familiar ROG, ROG Strix, ProArt, TUF Gaming, and Prime families. There is going to be lots of choice, as evidenced by this initial splurge of Z690 motherboards by the likes of Asus, Gigabyte, MSI and EVGA. If you are interested or even tempted by the new 12 th gen Core processor platform from what you have seen so far (third-party reviews and availability from 4 th Nov), then you will be interested to pick through the motherboard options that have now been publicized by Intel partners. The HEXUS editor dived into the new processor choices, providing insight into the architecture and configurations initially available, on Wednesday evening. You will probably have read through the launch news regarding the first six Intel Alder Lake processors for desktops.
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